Different worker perceptions in the two periods are reflected not only in their decisions as to whether or not to join a union, but also in which unions they chose to join: witness the fact that the relatively militant COHSE and NUPE enjoyed substantial growth in the 1970s (Taylor 1980), whereas the "professional" RCN did better in the 1980s, perhaps because it seemed to a higher proportion of nurses to be in tune with the spirit of that decade (Beaumont and Elliot 1989).

She spoke of her pride at being one of just three women out of 13 regional bosses, but the first to be appointed since the merger of white collar union NALGO with health service unions NUPE and COHSE nearly five years ago.

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